Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
MITCH KOSKI measures a lake trout during the Sunday Saxon Harbor Boating Club fishing contest. All of the lakers had to be between 20 to 25 inches to be kept.
SAXON, Wis. - Fishermen participating in the 25th annual Saxon Harbor Spring Classic fishing contest sailed into the harbor on Sunday just before yet another lightning storm struck the area.
The coolers of fish were quickly measured and weighed under a tent near the boat landing by 2 p.m. Then the competitors from 32 boats and spectators scrambled to get out of the rain from the storm, while the results were being tabulated.
Skin Deep, skippered by Dan (Jumbo) Talkowski, Ironwood, won first place, followed in second by The Clipper, with skipper Mike Hegewald.
The skies brightened for the a...
